Doc Sprocket
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Yeah, I love free mods.
I used to dirt oval race a 1970 firebird with a 455 and a turbo 400 tranny in the Street-Stock class. Everyone built their cars as cheap as possible because the racers could 'Claim" your whole car for $450, and you had to sell it to them or you couldn't race in that class the rest of the season.
We raced on a small 1/4-mile track and my poncho had like 275 gears so I needed it to stay in 2nd gear. So I bought one of those B&M shift kits, installed everything but my tranny still shifted into 3rd even when I had the shifter held down in 1st...
I talked to a buddy that worked in a tranny shop and he told me about wiring/securing the governor weights so they couldn't expand. This simple solution made my tranny full-manual and stay in any gear desired, It also gave it brutally hard shifts.
Some of those B&M kits come with metal retaining clips to keep the governor weights from spreading, but bailing wire would work just as well.
We even welded the spider gears in the rear end for a freebie/DIY locker-3rd member.
Very, VERY cool- you even had a "Lincoln Locker", eh? Between the engine, tranny mods, and your poor man's posi, it sounds like it could have been a real handful to drive in the dirt!
